Game Based Learning

Using games in the learning process can be motivating to the learner, no matter their age. Mixing the challenge of a game with learning attempts to keep the learner interested in the subject matter and applies the learning to the real world. With the advent of social gaming, game based learning will have an added dimension of working and learning with others.

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More Information

• Wikipedia's discussion of the topic - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_based_learning
• The Horizon Report (2010) - http://wp.nmc.org/horizon-k12-2010/chapters/game-based-learning/
• Quest Atlantis - http://www.questatlantis.org/
• Consultanting firm which specializes in game based learning - http://www.3dseriousgamesandsimulations.com/
• White Paper on how games might be used in learning - http://www.gamebasedlearning.org.uk/content/view/59/

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